[000:00:00;00] until the end of the week we work for you news from ukraine from the front from the world everything is there for you thank you all for your attention i wish you all a good and happy weekend take care of yourself and your loved ones goodbye the land corridor between crimea and the mainland of ukraine is under attack attacks on the chongar bridge will try to influence the course of the war let's try to figure it out in this issue i'm olga palamaryuk attacks on the chongar bridge russian-occupation authorities say about the attack of the armed forces of ukraine on the crimean isthmus allegedly the ukrainian army hit stormshed with british missiles on several crossings already declares that the strikes will entail certain difficulties, the ukrainian side did not deny its involvement in the missile strike, what it will lead to and whether it can

affect the success of the ukrainian counteroffensive between the kherson region and crimea, the chongar bridge of the crossing that connects the peninsula with the mainland part. it was this route that was used by the ukrainian military in 2014 when they were forced to leave crimea. and now it is the main artery for the russian army, besides it is the most convenient for the supply of weapons and military forces , as experts say, the destruction of the bridge significantly worsens logistics for the russians. and in the context of the ukrainian offensive, it also cuts off their possible retreat, but about everything in turn. the artery connecting the crimean peninsula with other occupied territories of the south of ukraine, and this is how it looks after

a missile hit it the day before, now it looks like a sieve, through holes in the road surface quite serious damage, so the collapse was stopped. it was through this route that the russian troops near melitopol received reinforcements in the direction in which the fighting continues at the beginning of june. the armed forces of ukraine are trying to advance from zaporizhzhia and the south of the donetsk region in order to reach the coast of the sea of ​​azov, and the city of melitopol is named by the ukrainian command as one of the goals of this offensive, the loss of the bridge at first glance is not critical for the russians, cargo from the crimea can go south through the perekop parashiyok or by rail through the same chongar there is also a land corridor from the rostov region through the south of donbas and a sea corridor through the port of berdyansk today, grandmothers do not go to the chingar checkpoint, but they all have their shortcomings, so the occupation authorities regret that now the russians will have to make a big deal to maintain military

logistics in the south, of course it will be more difficult to get there i'll drive a little further. well, it 's a problem with the ministry of defense of ukraine . they didn't say directly about the involvement of the armed forces in this attack , but they didn't deny it either, but the russians power circles have decided to keep this topic silent at all. anya putin and anya shoigu about the attack on the zhodnyi slova bridge. western analysts miss the fact that now the armed forces of ukraine will probably focus on destroying russian logistics routes in this region. and have partial successes, the enemy suffers losses and , as they say, has zero progress every day , we have progress every day, and it is gradual, but ours are entrenched on these lines and they the russians are advancing confidently, the russians mainly report on how they say they are stopping

the ukrainian counteroffensive, although the coldness stands out from this. the voice of the leader of the wagnerites, prigozhina, says that the russian troops in general are forced to retreat in both the zaporizhia and kherson directions. and the top leadership of the army has no idea what is really going on the city army is pushed to the front, the russian army is being pushed back, we are washing ourselves with blood, the reserves are not given any control, there are still hysterics when the chief of the general staff after a glass of vodka squeals like a pig into the phone, demanding to return positions, meanwhile, military experts do not rule out the possibility of ukrainian troops forcing the dnipro in the kherson region. and due to the shallowing of the kakhov reservoir and in zaporizhzhia, in this case , the russian army on the left bank will need even more military cargo, and any delay in their delivery will turn out to be a big trouble for those who are trying

to restrain the onslaught of the ukrainian counteroffensive . you, oleksandr, please explain what difficulties the russian army is facing, how much the destruction of the bridge can change their plans, as we heard the occupation authorities say that everything is under control, as if they have already built a pontoon crossing near the damaged bridge . in the evening, they significantly worsened the logistics of the russian occupiers, and before they could have a direct exit to melitopol along route 105, that is , they always sent military goods in this direction, etc. the southern group of the russian invaders was provided for both by crossing

the chongar bridge and through armeniansk. but now they only have armenians, and this is a much longer distance if through chaplynka - it is approximately plus 170 km, but not by the best routes. and this is through chaplinka to the m14 route, so it’s almost 280 km in general, and they have to overcome the extra ones. in addition, the m-14 route is within the radius of fire of the ukrainian artillery. as it was created and jet, so this is a very dangerous way for russian military cargoes now, and they are deteriorating very much, especially the logistics and provision of the troops, well, many more discussions on the network have been seen, and what actually damaged the bridge. yes, there are different versions of the british stormshed, even the ukrainian neptune and

harpoon, but today with there was even a video, so what conclusions can you draw? well, in any case, it was a missile that could not be intercepted by russian anti-aircraft defense means. that is, it was one of the representatives of modern missiles that themselves there is such a thing, well, a stationary rap , so that it can distract the attention of russian missiles so that they do not intercept them. in addition, there are many discussions about which combat unit this object had, so you can not deny that it could be an old masterpiece, but it can also be denied that it could be, for example, a scalp, because the russians found at the site of the chongar bridge and some spare parts of french production, which they claim, and i don’t know how much you can trust these statements, but

again, this can also speak about the used and could be used, the french version of these missiles oleksandr renault and vitchingar want to talk about something else that was loud today in another part of the kherson region, for example, in henichesk, there is a report from the air force that they targeted the base of the russian defense forces there, strikes on places without the rank of russian forces recently, it is not uncommon to see how such attacks can affect the course of the war, and in general what we are currently observing. this is a very interesting phenomenon, although it is quite predictable. and after the defense forces of ukraine began activation along of this front line and began to use dagger point strikes to cut through them with a vacuum cleaner to support the russian security strip. this is the first line of defense , and accordingly, at the same time, they began to strike

at ammunition depots, military frequent depots with fuel and lubricants , everything this undermined, at the same time , the possibilities of material and technical support, as well as the provision of advanced units with forces and means, and what is happening now in the deep rear of the temporarily occupied territories - these are exactly those elements the scenario played out by the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, that is, while we are pulling their main forces to the strip of securing the first line of defense in the rear , we are actually not leaving it the opportunity to compensate for the losses they bear along the first line, which means that they become are even more dependent on the supply of the appropriate technical support or logistical arteries, and right now

one of these arteries stops working through chongar, that is, all these are elements of one of the general plans of the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine even the russian government says that all attacks by the armed forces of ukraine are repulsed, who is closer to the truth, unfortunately, you have 30 seconds for an answer. oh my god, he uses 10%, and everything else is manipulation and lies of the ukrainian defense forces . carry out offensive actions in the future, but what prigozhin says is a little hypertrophied and it is aimed at discrediting just now and gerasimo, first of all , it is clear oleksandr thank you, military expert oleksandr kovalenko was on our air, and in the meantime, the bbc received evidence that the number

of dead russian soldiers during the war in ukraine significantly exceeds the official data of moscow, which in the majority of soldiers, both sides prefer not to publish data about their losses , bbc correspondent olga ivshina studied thousands of publications in social networks and local news to find out what the real losses of russia were during 16 months of full-scale war maksym anatoliyovych these are the graves of soldiers that russia prefers not to talk about since december, the bbc discovered seven new cemeteries scattered throughout russia and the occupied territories of ukraine in a whole lot of inexperienced fighters. many of them were prisoners recruited by wagner's horizontal group, the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 years old, more than it was six months ago. at the beginning of the war, we tracked photographs of graves and publications on social networks of the russian website mediazone and russian volunteers. so far, we have identified 25 thousand

this is four times more names than russia has recognized, and any other data besides the official number of dead is prohibited in russia, we came to kyrgyzstan to talk to the families dead soldiers, hundreds of people from countries that were part of the soviet union joined putin's army, a guy is being filmed on the way to war, a 21-year-old paratrooper , virezhbek, one of those who died at the beginning of the conflict, a young, well-trained professional soldier of the russian army. he always wanted to be the first. i i think that is why he decided to join the army and there he was obviously given a choice too and he decided to be there you mean in the war so-so when he died in battle in may 22 of the year he was buried with all the honors of a professional of military service for six months. in a neighboring village, another soldier, a yan, was buried modestly and without any ceremonial events. although he too died at the front, it is because he is an ordinary prisoner

who was serving a seven-year prison term for an attack. he enrolled in the ranks of wagner's group , hoping to get freedom in exchange for a six-month contract that a man called and said that my son died in the battles in ukraine. i was in shock. i asked why my son was not in the war at all. did he die for nothing and now i will cry for the rest of my life? sirkagbek tayana is clearly demonstrated how the russian war has changed in the first three months, russia lost a large number of professional soldiers, but in the last three gens , more and more unqualified fighters who have just joined the ranks of the russian army, geographical changes in russian losses indicate not only that the russians lost a large number of their professional troops that at the beginning of the war , but also that they changed their tactics and now consider their professional soldiers

as a resource that must be kept in reserve and to be used only under favorable conditions and they put the main burden of their reconnaissance and offensive actions on mobilized troops who are treated as disposable our calculation is based only on registered cases of death but according to the ministry of defense of great britain the real numbers may be at least twice as high bbc has asked for a comment to the russian government, but they did not answer us at that time, if a day there are new reports of deaths and photos of new graves , bbc correspondents about the losses of russians in the war well, that's all for today, look for more stories on our website bbc.ua on our pages in social networks and we will be on the air again on monday at 9:00 p.m. good luck and

take care, congratulations, friends. good health, vitaly portnikov, it's nice that we again together and again on friday and again in the evening, that means we were not together. last week we were together, i don't remember , i went somewhere, that's why i somehow dropped something, i dropped something andriy ryzhenko, we are in touch, he will be the third expert the center of strategy defense welcomes you, mr. andriy , good health, mr. andriy, and good evening so, we're glad to see you and you're lying, we don't see anyone here, everything just before has never been so true as it was today, exactly one second before the start of the broadcast, i explain everything went out, then something turned on, you us, you see, we didn't see anyone, the fairy tale, mr. andriyovych, it's beautiful, you see

, i feel, i, i feel. let's start with chongar. so, the bridge was hit today. the head of the collaborative administration , mr. saldozer, says that in fact this bridge suffered more than he thought because he was probably thinking about it, decided to walk on it and fell into holes and fell off it. hole after hole is supplying cartridges. so what is really happening now and what exactly can it have military consequences ? well, 75% of various cargoes are delivered to crimea through the land border , including for military e-e needs, and because of the fact that this bridge is now very serious damaged and well, this is a confirmation of the fact that a pontoon

crossing was already built there today, but again, it will not be able to transport all the goods, only a certain part, that is, the supply of e-e products to the crimea, the supply of military equipment, it will be significantly significantly limited, and again , 75% was supplied along the corridor. in addition, i want to say that through chongar, the equipment that was brought to crimea for maintenance via the crimean bridge is through chongar, and there are several training grounds on the territory of crimea, where a very large amount of various and russian equipment is located. it is precisely through this crossing that it goes there ah, the occupied time of the children of ukraine for use by the russian military well, again, eh , now intensive hostilities have begun and

the russians really need to have this logistical logistical connection for the supply of troops and for the evacuation of the wounded and so on . that is, this is so very serious. a blow to logistics. and this is the basis of combat readiness. here are their troops . andriyu, look a-a, is it correct? i understand that chongar, the kerch bridge and kalanchak, if it will be destroyed, significantly damaged, this actually makes the crimean peninsula an island of crimea, and it has corresponding consequences for military operations when there is simply nowhere to get not only weapons, but also tanks and personnel have stored medicine, food, water

, etc. they provide logistics for the supply of logistics - this is chongar, it's armyansk, well, kalanchak is located a little there, and on the continental part already in kherson region and the crimean bridge, by the way , about 25% of various cargoes are brought in through the crimean bridge, and here is 75 just across the isthmus through chongar, kalanchak but as for kalanchak, there are two such disadvantages for the russians , firstly, they need to make this additional movement - it is 100 km and there are not very good roads, and secondly, kalanchak itself is already at a sufficient distance to reach of our long-range artillery, that is, if they direct their military cargo there, then they will be attacked, they can now be poured, for this you need quite expensive missile technology, and you can attack

it with means that are much cheaper, and there are much more of them, mr. andrii, and look at in principle, the ukrainian army has the potential to reach the kerch bridge and the don . some kind of strong blow will be delivered and there will simply be a paralysis of e-e supply , how likely is this, how much is this idea? it is possible in principle. do we have enough missile range and a sufficient number of missiles, or are they so highly accurate that they can hit exactly where they need to and destroy these opportunities for the russian army? we have there is a storm shabo missile. it can reach the kerch bridge and its power is quite large, it can seriously damage it to the extreme. well, the truth must

be said that the russians have significantly strengthened security of this bridge or including air defense equipment, but i think that there is such an opportunity . well, it must be implemented at the right time. and tell me, please, we in the armed forces of ukraine deny that they fired at the chongar bridge. why? because, as far as you can understand, the russians all the time say that the destruction of these bridges, including the crimean bridge, by these missiles will mean that the united states and great britain, the direct participants in the conflict, do not want this. i think that there was another weapon, no, this missile, space everywhere, this is the first time this guy said this , ah, the pass-saldo of the governor

of the kherson region's purchasing power. well, i don't think that he has any control over the situation there, if you look at those videos video cameras rather this is similar to, for example, the himals missile, that is, it can have an increased radius of action , but it means that what concerns the united states, great britain, they have already declared officially that they consider all military targets on the territory of the occupied part of ukraine to be for ukraine completely legitimate there were restrictions on the use of weapons that are provided as part of the aid and on the territory of the russian federation, this is so . and as for crimea, there are no restrictions . one more question, please, to andriy , look, they say so. yes, quite persistently, that is , persistently, the president of the supreme

commander-in-chief says 200,000 km mined and in the world well, at least in the civilized world there are some such methods of quick demining for moving forward one if we remember everything, we remember everything, we are not generals, but we still think of the last great war everything was very difficult there to overcome these mined fields. well, only uh, marshal zhukov said that he simply sends to which to there, bearing in mind that there are no mines there. this is how he explained to general eisenhower that the ukrainians will not send their people like that, so how to overcome these huge distances which are mined well, i think that , in principle, in order to solve the task of liberating the a-a territory, in particular , the south of ukraine, we do not need to completely destroy the mines on such a large area

now, although this is a very serious task and it we will have to do. we need to make passages in these minefields and ensure a breakthrough . - very few, that's why the idea is that such passages can be penetrated. and how to andrew . i apologize, but how to penetrate them? well, so that people don't go there and explode there, you need to have some kind of

technology, there is such and such a way demining or whether they have been done i apologize for these passages uh-uh quickly there are such technical means well, i will say the ones that we see in the mass media, it is called the ur-77 machine, it is also a soviet machine, what is it? well, in jargon, it is called zmiy horynich, but why? that it is a rocket, and the rocket is launched along a certain azimuth and it pulls such a large channel, such a healthy channel, which is represented by these powder shells, and when it falls at a distance of about 500 m in front , it all explodes, that is, thanks to the detonation so there is such a passage. i don't remember what its width is now . well, i think it is. well, it's possible. a few tens of meters, by the way, the same technology was used earlier and in the approach to

overcome mine barriers during amphibious operations, too. it was this zmiy horynich who shot himself and then blew up, well, this is such a rather old system. well, it works now, but i think that it is used in some way. i know that we were given some equipment, uh, also for a breakthrough, by our partners, including on at the base of these leopard tanks, there was some kind of equipment, yes, in order to go through all the minefields, well, they will make sure that we do not run into them, but in the post-war period , there will really be a lot of work there. and here, in principle, as far as i know now, e- technologies are being developed, including on the basis of artificial intelligence, such as uh, well, let's say, with the air, to conduct reconnaissance of these

mine-dangerous areas with a fairly high intensity, to find out where mines are located, and then to be around them in the city, and so on well, it means to detect and then destroy, because well, it is precisely the search, the search part of this process. well, in peaceful conditions, it takes a very long time, and there they say now about 60 or 70 years. well, it is possible that a technological solution, well, this period will be significantly reduced and i already know that this kind of work is being carried out, the last question, i'm sorry about these drones , which are already boring to ukrainians, is there any way to somehow minimize their influence, this influence is being minimized, but thanks to the rather expensive equipment supplied by western countries

which is produced by ukraine and they say that it is simply not commensurate that the drone that flies costs three kopecks and the missile that shoots down costs a million , what can be done with it so that it balances the costs of anti-drone combat well, first of all, do not supply chips, microchips for their assembly because, well, recently, well, in march, there were several articles or studies of our main intelligence department and a large part of this electronics , including on drones shahid 136 she is of western origin and even so, i am a friend well, there were rockets today or yesterday, and also the same thing, what is this organizational issue, secondly, in principle

, the small-caliber artillery of 20 mm has shown itself to be quite effective. there were not enough shells of the fathers that were not made by the company rain metal 35 mm, but now it seems that there is already a solution because we really need a lot of shells, well , i want to remind you that only in may, a month of such drones was used in ukraine 360 units and most of them were shot down, you are absolutely right that a drone with a cost of 20-50 thousand dollars can be used on it, well, sometimes you have to spend a missile, which is 10 times more, i think that they do not spend the petriv missile on it, which costs 3 million dollars, and they spend it for something else therefore, i think that laser technologies are currently being developed, and there are already even armored vehicles that have these laser guns that can shoot down such drones , it is possible that the use of

electronic warfare means is possible, by the way, the enemy is using us very seriously the means of r now during our offensive and there well, in principle, we have certain such , let's say, problems with metrons well, we really need to do so that well, exactly, the anti-aircraft missile system minimizes their use, but this drone is shahit, but it is very, very, you know, it is inconvenient maybe it's small, maybe it's so cheap, but if it hits, baby can do a lot , so it's necessary to destroy it. but again , it's necessary to take comprehensive measures. i think this one is being done. explained what is happening at the front and in the rear regarding, for example, the preparation of anti-drone